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For Them
Before you bid, for Christmas' sake,
Your guests to sit at meat,
Oh please to save a little cake
For them that have no treat.
Before you go down party-dressed
In silver gown or gold,
Oh please to send a little vest
To them that still go cold.
Before you give your girl and boy
Gay gifts to be undone,
Oh please to spare a little toy
To them that will have none.
Before you gather round the tree
To dance the day about,
Oh please to give a little glee
To them that go without.
~Eleanor Farjeon
In 1897, a little girl named Virginia asked her father whether or not Santa Claus
really exists. He told her to write to the local newspaper, the New York Sun. This is what she wrote:
Dear Editor: I am eight years old. Some of my little friends say that there is no Santa Claus.
Papa says, "If you see it in the Sun it's so." Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus?
Here is the answer from the Sun:
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its
highest beauty and joy! Alas! How dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias...he will continue
to make glad the heart of childhood.
Snowflake Background Courtesy of Lisa!
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